Experiments with Epsom – The Healing Mud

Are Epsom salts organic? This is a question that has vexed many an organic gardener and as with all vexing questions, there are multiple points of view. Epsom salt, named for a bitter saline spring at Epsom in Surrey, England, is not actually salt but a naturally occurring pure mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate. Long known as a natural remedy for a number of ailments, Epsom salt has…